Elements of Fiction in Young Goodman Brown
How the Elements of Fiction are Used in Hawthorns Young Goodman Brown
Desiree Terry
English Composition II
23 February 2012
Outline
Introduction
Thesis: Hawthorne uses the Elements of fiction in Young Goodman Brown to depict a story of his family’s history and religious background.
I Hawthorne uses time periods, location and physical structure settings that all relate to the Purity society and his historical family story.
A. The first setting in young Goodman brown was set in Salem village. This is significant to the story because the witch trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts.
B. Hawthorne tells us this in the first paragraph first line by writing. Young Goodman brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village;.
C. For instance to lead us into the conversion scene Hawthorne says “…He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind.(P 9)
D. By using this element for this purpose we can assume that Brown is walking into the forest and so his conversion or dream begins.
E. The Universal Journal writes “Hawthorne uses picture perfect sentences to describe the settings in the story…for instance to describe that it was all hollows eve , in paragraph 3 Hawthorne writes “ My love and my faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee.
II Hawthorne uses symbolism and allegory to describe something other than what the actual text reads. A. Faith, browns wife, is symbolized as all the good in society or maybe even heaven. Hawthorne writes, "Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons on her caps while she called to Goodman Brown" B. The pink ribbons serve to symbolize a sign of heavenly faith. Later in the story, as Brown meets his companion in the woods, he states, "Faith
Desiree Terry
English Composition II
23 February 2012
Outline
Introduction
Thesis: Hawthorne uses the Elements of fiction in Young Goodman Brown to depict a story of his family’s history and religious background.
I Hawthorne uses time periods, location and physical structure settings that all relate to the Purity society and his historical family story.
A. The first setting in young Goodman brown was set in Salem village. This is significant to the story because the witch trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts.
B. Hawthorne tells us this in the first paragraph first line by writing. Young Goodman brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village;.
C. For instance to lead us into the conversion scene Hawthorne says “…He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind.(P 9)
D. By using this element for this purpose we can assume that Brown is walking into the forest and so his conversion or dream begins.
E. The Universal Journal writes “Hawthorne uses picture perfect sentences to describe the settings in the story…for instance to describe that it was all hollows eve , in paragraph 3 Hawthorne writes “ My love and my faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee.
II Hawthorne uses symbolism and allegory to describe something other than what the actual text reads. A. Faith, browns wife, is symbolized as all the good in society or maybe even heaven. Hawthorne writes, "Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons on her caps while she called to Goodman Brown" B. The pink ribbons serve to symbolize a sign of heavenly faith. Later in the story, as Brown meets his companion in the woods, he states, "Faith